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>> Can anyone tell me , or point me to someone who knows how the current system of 'delivering' the required curriculum to teachers etc is done. As a primary school governor, I get the impression that this is how it works: Student teachers are issued with a set of curriculum documents during their course. They are trained to deliver this material. Once graduated they join the rest of the teachers in the field who get their curriculum changes as follows: 1. The government issue a new initiative 2. Sometime later the school gets a copy of the document(s) 3. The head teacher diseminates the document to the teachers and governors 4. Governors oversee the implementation 5. Teachers have to work for themselves how to teach the new initiative with self help material from governornet, teachernet, lea etc. In some cases, eventually, some external courses become available for teachers to attend. In general though, the school is left to work it out for themselves. They have to shoe-horn the new bits into their existing curriculum plans, aquire their own teaching material and learn how to teach it themselves. Notice how I said "I get the impression"? That's because there is no existing formal, verified route of information flow from government to teachers. Successful schools have talented, dedicated teachers & heads who pro-actively keep an eye on such matters. Martin -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html